Dioscorea communis

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161378
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Dioscorea communis

Summary

Dioscorea communis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (692 views/month, #1,531 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dioscorea communis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Dioscorea communis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Dioscorea communis belongs to the parent taxon Dioscorea[5].
  • Dioscorea communis's scientific name is Dioscorea communis[6].
  • Dioscorea communis's Commons category is recorded as Dioscorea communis[7].
  • Dioscorea communis's has basionym is recorded as Tamus communis[8].
  • Dioscorea communis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dioscorea communis[9].
  • Dioscorea communis's Commons gallery is recorded as Dioscorea communis[10].
  • Dioscorea communis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Dioscorea communis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Dioscorea communis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=423869[13].
  • Dioscorea communis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. communis'}[14].
  • Dioscorea communis is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gewöhnliche Schmerwurz'}[15].
  • Dioscorea communis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黑薯蓣'}[16].
  • Dioscorea communis's has fruit type is recorded as berry[17].
  • Dioscorea communis's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[18].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Dioscorea communis is Dioscorea communis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Dioscorea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gewöhnliche Schmerwurz'}[15] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黑薯蓣'}[16].

Identifiers

Dioscorea communis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82691[19]. Dioscorea communis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55634[20]. Dioscorea communis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1121107[21]. Dioscorea communis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2755063[22].

Why It Matters

Dioscorea communis ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (692 views/month, #1,531 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Yams Reclassified: A Recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Yams Reclassified: A Recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Yams Reclassified: A Recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank species
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Parent taxon Dioscorea
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
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